but i did want to say what i just articulated. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas gets tonight s last word. 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the deadly strike at a refugee camp in gaza, amid an increased offensive by israeli forces, and the new warning from the fbi about threats here in the united states. then, the stunning prediction from a former white house lawyer as the former president continues to lash out online. and the house speaker, mike johnson, setting the stage for a showdown. his first major move since winning the gavel, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. greetings, i am symone sanders townsend, in for stephanie ruhle. tonight israel s war with hamas moves closer to some of gaza s most crowded areas. the israeli militaries why ground operations are underway along with continuing airstrikes. today they confirmed one of those strikes had refugee camp in gaza. israel says the target was a key hamas lead over th
moving in and out of the strip since the war began. you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. 400 americans are in gaza. jonathan hunt has the latest with all of it. jonathan. jonathan: todd piro and carley, good morning to you. this is an agreement broken by the qataris along with egypt, israel, u.s. and hamas. it will allow, we are told, all foreign nationals, passport holders, to leave gaza via southern border crossing with rafah. you look at live picture of that border crossing. we understand that some of the foreign nationals have already gone through the crossing and have been processed. we do not know at this point whether that includes americans, but we are told that americans are obviously among those who will be allowed to leave gaza today, after three weeks stuck there in the most terrifying of circumstances. meantime, u.s. officials are doing nothing to hide their concern over the potential for a re
later. thank you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the number of hostages believed to be in gaza has risen, 240. according to the israeli military. this comes as israeli soldiers and tanks push deeper into the gaza strip with prime minister benjamin netanyahu refusing to halt the ground and air assault on hamas. just as the united states would not agree to a cease fire after the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, israel will not agree cessation with hamas after the horrific attacks on october 7th. calls for a cease fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. hamas has released a hostage video of these three israeli women being held captive. one of them begs netanyahu to secure their release. netanyahu called the video cruel propaganda. troops have been battling terrorist cells armed with
ukraine s military funds. [ yelling and chanting ] fighting for president biden s request, tieing funds for israel and humanitarian aid into gaza to ukraine, taiwan and securing the southern border. many are again making the bet that we are too divided, too distracted at home to stay the course. that s what s at stake with president biden s national security funding request. both israel and ukraine democrats are fighting ruthless foes who are out to annihilate them. we will not let hamas or putin win. this as speaker mike johnson right out of the gate challenges the white house supporting military aid to israel but not to ukraine and paying for it by cutting money already approved for the president s irs crackdown on the super rich. the defense secretary responding to more attacks against u.s. troops in syria and iraq. now numbering 25 attacks since the israel/hamas war began. the president has been clear and i have been clear, vice chair, that if that if this d
good evening from new york, i am alicia menendez. we begin tonight in fort pierce, florida, where today there was another hearing in the federal criminal case over donald trump s wording of classified documents. the morning session, continuation of what we have become used to. trump-appointed judge aileen cannon entertaining wonky and far-fetched attempts by trump s legal team to dismiss the case. the afternoon focus on emotion brought by special counsel jack smith that centered around one of the most dangerous lies donald trump has ever told. you might recall in may, he seized upon an outrageous conspiracy theory, a theory based upon an extreme this characterization at the fbi search warrant of mar-a-lago. trump claimed that president biden and the fbi were, quote, locked and loaded to take me out during the 2022 search of mar-a-lago. he later boasted that biden, quote, authorized the fbi to use deadly lethal force. what trump tried to portray as an attempt on his life reall